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pacodiablo Senior Enthusiast

pacodiablo

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if you had to buy a car, what would you get?  imagine that you can afford anything.  NO SUVS, VANS, OR TRUCKS!

 

i would get a...

 

Jaguar X-Type 3.0 Sport or...

Jaguar XJR or...

Jaguar S-Type R or...

Ford Mustang Cobra or...

Ford Mustang Saleen or Roush

sincityZ71 Senior Enthusiast

sincityZ71

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1. Porsche Carrera GT (558hp :( and great looks too)

2. Porsche 911 GT3

3. BMW M3 coupe

4. BMW M5

 

If I ever purchase a car it will be German.

 

Edit: Actually I have always wanted a Chevelle 454SS too.

SnakeEyeSS Senior Enthusiast

SnakeEyeSS

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Every BMW ///M model ever made

The Caddy Cien(if that's what they put the 750HP engine in, read my post)

67 Corvette 427 Roadster REd with black stripe(my all time favorite vette)

69 Camaro ZL-1

69 Corvette ZL-1

Hummer H1 with 8.1 Vortec

Get my truck to put out 650+ HP

Ferrari 575 Maranello

I could go on and on and on and on.....................

RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

RyanbabZ71

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The scaryguys list is the same as mine minus the gto and impala.  Wierd thing is my dad owned a chevelle for a short period of time (it was stripped back in the 70s at work.  He came out after work and found it on blocks missing just about everything but the frame :( )

hogger999 Enthusiast

hogger999

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This list could go on forever. Being realistic when it comes time to get my wife a new car. I'm really going to push her towards either a Lexus 300 IS or the new caddy CTS. This is gonna be tough since she really wants an Envoy.

BowtieFan24 Enthusiast

BowtieFan24

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Hmmmm i would have to say.

1. Ford Mustang Jack roush or a Steve Saleen (Yellow)

2. Corvette Z06

3. 71 Chevelle 454 SS

4. 69 Camaro Z28 327

5. 85 or 86 Monte Carlo SS

 

I think the Saleen mustang is the one i would want out of all the others. It would have to be Yellow though. With a supercharger.

NeXuS1 Enthusiast

NeXuS1

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couple more turbo-t's or grand national's, one would be a crazy 8 second drag car. one would be setup for road racing, then put my current one back to perfect showroom condition.

 

then maybe a nice shinny vette just because.

SnakeEyeSS Senior Enthusiast

SnakeEyeSS

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This list could go on forever. Being realistic when it comes time to get my wife a new car. I'm really going to push her towards either a Lexus 300 IS or the new caddy CTS. This is gonna be tough since she really wants an Envoy.

I'd go with the CTS. Cause if your going to get a [super]sport sedan, there is no other choice than a BMW 3-Series. As The new issue of Automobile put it "in the sport sedan catagory, second place is all your allowed, because the BMW 3-Series has first all sewn up. It seems to win every comparison test is show up for. IT power-slides through the nightmares of rival suspension engineers. It casts a pall over the entire catagory, just as michael Schumacher strides the nigh podium of Formula 1 like a colossus. As with Schumacher, BMW has made the battle for first boring"

 

In fact I used to subcribe to 5 car magazines at once (3 at the end of this month) and I have never read an article of weere the BMW lost in the sport sedan catagory. OF course if your just a lexus person, I can start understand why you'd want one. barely.

 

Yes, I'm a shameless Bimmerphile.

chevy4x4trucks Senior Enthusiast

chevy4x4trucks

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If I had to get a car:

 

1997-1/2 to 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP (what are the odds)

 

1st Generation Camaro, preferably '69

 

Chevy SSR

 

1987 Buick Grand National

 

1970 Chevelle SS

 

Perhaps a Nitro Fueled Funny Car  :(

Shaners Senior Enthusiast

Shaners

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Any version of the "M" BMW's.  At this point in my life an M5 would be the perfect car for me!!!  I don't need anything exotic, but this car would hang with anything on the road around here (well almost), and I could throw the wife and kids in there too if I wanted too.  :(

General Lee 01 Senior Enthusiast

General Lee 01

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'02 Corvette Z06 done up by John Lingenfelter(sp?). That guy knows how to make stuff run!

 

'69 Ford Mustang Mach 1 (has to be manual)

 

'69 Plymouth Road Runner w\426 Hemi(also in manual)

GnatGoSplat Enthusiast

GnatGoSplat

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1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Int'l.

Because I have one with 197k miles, I love it and would not trade it for any other car.

 

If I didn't already have my Cutty, my dream car is a 91-92 Chevy Caprice.  Black, limo-tinted, bagged, LS1 engine swapped in, and rolling on chrome 20's.

 

I have simple taste in cars, but the expense for mods would cost more than a new M5 or S-Class!

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